{"id":30670,"date":"2020-08-28T15:01:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/countries\/japan\/"},"modified":"2021-11-02T13:36:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T11:36:30","slug":"japan","status":"publish","type":"countries","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/asia\/japan","title":{"rendered":"Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Traveling around the &#8216;Land of the Rising Sun&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Japan<\/strong> is a land of great contrasts, centuries-old traditions live on alongside state-of-the-art technology. Be swept behind the facade of neon and cosmopolitan cities, sometimes at the fast pace of the Shinkansen high-speed train, then at walking pace as you stroll through quiet zen gardens.<\/p>\n<p>You can be a spectator at a spectacle of<strong> Sumo wrestlers<\/strong> or<strong> Samurai fighters<\/strong> , but also take up the sword yourself during a workshop. Or do you opt for an <strong>origami<\/strong> , <strong>calligraphy<\/strong> or <strong>manga drawing<\/strong> workshop? Visit <strong>Shinto shrines<\/strong> and <strong>Buddhist temples<\/strong> , meander through ancient forests or attend a <strong>folkloric festival<\/strong> , and enjoy views of Mount <strong>Fuji<\/strong> from a cruise ship.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, everything settles down once you retire to a traditional hotel, the <strong>ryokan<\/strong> . Experience the special Japanese hospitality in an environment that radiates peace and harmony. Bathing in a thermal spring, the experiences of the day glide by once more, the pace slows down. Vibrant activities and tranquility, experience it in it<strong> &#8216;Land of the Rising Sun&#8217;<\/strong> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan, land of great contrasts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":189381,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"country":[237],"continent_category":[217],"class_list":["post-30670","countries","type-countries","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-japan","continent_category-asia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries\/30670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/countries"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=30670"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=30670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}